The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-10
ALL the freight brakemen ON the ouAas-

from each crew.
The natives of the province of Mozam-
bique, taking advantage of the absence OF
the Portuguese squadron and troops at
Tungi, have risen and devastated the trad
ing stations.
THE snowfall in Minnesota during the
winter has been 6S1{ inches This snowfall
is unprecedented for the same period. The
| winter has been exceptionally cold, ~ de-
grees colder than the average Of the WIN
ters for the last twenty-five years.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake was felt on
the I'd at Riggio di Calabra, and two slight
shocks occurred at Diano Marino. The
people feared further disaster because of the
| excessive heat and the fact that the sea has
not returned to its ordinary level
| THE revolt of portion Of the garrison of
| Silistria, Bulgaria, has been suppressed.
A LARGE gang of men, together with two
| engines and a snow plow, were caught in a
snowslide at Selkirk, Can, recently, and
six of the men were smothered before they
| could be got out.
THE steamship Portuensee, from Para
and other South American ports, passed
/ quarantine on the Sd and came directly up
| to her wharf at Martins Stores, New York.
Two firemen on board were down with
/ yellow fever, both soon afterward dying.
THE pressmen and stereotypers of Mil
waukee, Wis, struck on the Sd in support
of the striking compositors.
Mrs. MARY G. GREEN, mother-in-law of
| Ferd. Ward, the convicted Napoleon of
Wall street, has become insane brooding
over her troubles. Ward spent her fortune
| in speculation.
The plasterers of Pittsburgh and Allie
gheny City, Pa, have become dissatisfied
with the Knights of Labor, and have sew
cred their connection with that organiza-
tion and joined the Protective Plasterers'
National Union.
THE British vice consul at Rio del Rey,
in the Cameroons country, has been i'm
prisoned by natives.
The British ship T. N. Hart sailed from
New York May I6, for Shanghai, since
which time nothing has been heard of her.
and it is feared that she is lost with all on
board. She was commanded by Captain
Mccarthy, and had crew of twenty men.
THE other morning the big -four store
house of Pillsbury & Co., situated in South
east Minneapolis, Mimi, fell with terrible
crash. In it were stored about 10000 bar
rels of -four. The damage is vari-
ouSly estimated at from $4,000 to
$4,000. The same firm sustained a loss
from similar cause January 5, when their
East side elevator fell, spilling about 10000
bushels of wheat and wrecking part of the
building.
IT s-as reported in Chicago that Phil AR
mour's scheme to start cotton seed oil mills
was merely a bluff to bring the present
monopoly to terms.
Two families of negroes have left the
Cherokee Nation for Liberia, Africa, and
more are to follow soon.
Two attempts were made to burn the
Pennsylvania depot at Jersey City with
chemicals on the 4th. One arrest was
made.
Two officers and sixteen privates who re-
Gently revolted at Silistria were captured
and shot. The leaders in the revolt at
Rustchuk were ordered to be shot. Dur
ing the fighting at the latter place 100 were
killed and wounded. The Bulgarian Gov
ernment obtained proof that the risings
formed part of widely laid Zankoffite
plot.
Four armed Mexican soldiers recently
crossed the borders near Nogales, Ariz.,
and endeavored to make an arrest, when
Deputy Sheriff Speed arrested the Mexican
officer The soldiers then commenced fir.
ing, which was re .urned by Americans.
The skirmish lasted some time, the Mexi.
their number said to be mortally wounded.
Grave apprehensions were felt over the af-
fair.
THE Red Star line steamer Waesland,
from New York for Antwerp, went ashore
on Goodwin sands, Eng, recently, in fog.
The passengers and crew were taken off by
a tug and landed at Deal. The Waesland
was screw steamer of 3,521 tons, and was
built at Glasgow in 1867
THE assets of the Bloomington 0ll.) Sc
curity Live Stock Insurance Company,
which failed recently, are practically
nothing. The risk held by the company foot
up $3,000,000.
QUITE sharp shock of earthquake was
felt at Augusta, Ga. about two a. m. on the
4th and another and slighter one about five
a. m. Neither did any damage 1t was also
felt at Charleston and intermediate points.
The steampipe of the steamboat Fleet
wood broke recently near Lawrenceburg,
IND, and three negroes were fatally scalded.
FRANK ". FOSTER. town clerk and treas
urer of Greenfield, Mass, is defaulter to
the extent of $4,000, and has involved his
father, as indorser, to the extent of 5000
more. Foster did not falsify his accounts,
and apparently made no attempt to conceal
the shortage. He was arrested.